Portable foldable seat



April 23, 1940. I G. HE v 2,198,157

PORTABLE FOLDABLE SEAT Filed May 4, 1938 ATTORNEYS 15 Another object of the invention is the proviangle iron members l2 and 13, respectively, these "15 t 5 tremely simple in its construction, thoroughly re- Ihtegmlly formed th he rear member 13 25 Patented Apr. 23, 1940 t UNITED. STATES PATENT. OFFICE 2,198,157 i l r PORTABLE FOLDABLE SEAT Glenn Fisher, Junction City, Kans.

Application May 4, 1938, Serial N0.206,080 '1 Claim. (Cl. 155-133) The invention relates to a. portable seat for Referring to the drawing indetaiLparticularly benches or the like and more especially to port- Figure 1, A designates generally a portion of a able, foldable seats. seating stand, being in this instance the step ar- The primary object of the invention is the pro rangement, and the top or seating area of each 5 vision of a seat of this character, wherein the step being indicated at Ill for service in seating 5 same is constructed so that it can be attached persons and such arrangement is common to to a bench or other like structure made from grandstand bleachers erected in amusement boards or planks found generally at amusement parks, for example, baseball and football parks places or public gathering places for the seating or the like. For association with the top It of of audiences and when in use will support the each step of the stand is the portable, foldable 10 back of an occupant to assure comfort when seat B constituting the present invention and used, the seat being readily foldable when not hereinafter fu y be in use and is susceptible of carriage by a person The seatB comprises a seat frame having the from one locality to another. angle iron side members II, the front and rear sion of a seat of this character, wherein the same being preferably joined at their meeting ends to can be clamped to a bench or the like atits top effect a rigid metal openframe. The members for use as an individual seat without liability of H and i2 have their flanges l4 ex endi displacement thereon when occupied, being light Wardly of the frame while the member it has the in weight for the convenient portability thereof flange I5 thereof extended outwardly of said 20 and is readily foldable and set up at the will of frame, these flanges l4 and i5 being in the same a possessor of the same. plane with each other and atright angles to the A further object of the invention is the proupstand g p s t of h said m m r I vision of a seat of this character, which is exl2 and 3- liable and efficient in operation, convenient for next to the side members i l or otherwise jo ned the handling thereof, assuring comfort in its use, t e w are upstanding Short Dost-like pivot strong, durable, when not in use can be stored in bars l arryin piv s It ne tin hereto a the least possible space in that the same folds ol ab e a in the rm of Substantially o compactly, and inexpensive to manufacture. U-shaped frame It h v n the pp and w r With these and other objects in View, the incross braces or rest pieces 20, the closed end 2| vention consists in the features of construction, o the latter being movable in the P h Of the combination and arrangement of parts as will upstanding Portion iii of the rear member I3 be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated when the Sa d frame 9 s w g vertically so in the accompanying drawing, which discloses that this closed end 2i will have contact with the 35 the preferred and modified forms of embodiment portion N5 of said member 13 and thus the frame of the invention and pointed out in the claim Will be l in an upright p sit on for a back hereunto appended. rest support. In other words, the frame it when In the accompanying drawing: raised for aback rest support will be limited in 40 Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical transverse its movement, the supporting position being sectional view through a seating stand showing Shown n ur 3 0f e awing by full lines the seat constructed in accordance'with the inahd the folded- Position of the back rest PD t vention applied and in position for occupancy. by dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an enlarged front elevation show- T e w dly d ct d flan es I 4 of the side ing slight modification of t invention members H close to the front member I2 are 45 Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line ut away at 22 to prov clearances for wi 3--3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the ins lamp f u a a y U r havin the a substantially L-shaped hooking bar 23 and the Figure 4 is a top plan view. swinging side arms 24 these being integrally Figure5 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevaformed with the said. bar and pivoted at 25 to 5 tion partly in section showing in detail the the upstanding portion l6 of the members ll so securing of the seat. that the said bar 23 will swing outwardly of the Similar reference characters indicate correseat frame for hooking engagement with the forsponding parts throughout the several views in ward edge of a bench top or the top H) of a step the drawing. of the stand A when the seat frame is super- 55 imposed upon this top ID or such bar 23 may swing inwardly of the seat frame to have the arms 24 align with the side members H of said seat frame when the seat is to be folded for disuse upon removal from the stand.

The seat superimposed upon the top In of the stand A and its back'frame raised with the bar 23 hooked with the top If! as before stated, the said seat is in a position for occupancy. When the bar 23 has been swung outwardly from the seat frame through the clearances 22, the arms 24 will make contact at 26 with the flanges M of the side members H and thus the outward swinging of the bar 23 is limited so that this bar 23 through abutment at '26 will be in a position for hooking engagement with the forward edge of the top Ill of the stand A when the seat frame is brought to rest upon the said'top. This position can be shifted rearwardly on the top In to bring the bar 23 in hooking engagement with the forward edge of said top for the anchorage of the seat therewith.

' At the inner sides of the upstanding portion l6 of the side members H are reinforcing plates 21, made secure in any manner and are located in bridging relation to the cutaway portions 22 in the flanges I4 of said side members H and thus reinforcing the weakened areas of said side members.

- In Figure 1 of the :drawing there is exhibited with the seat the seat and back cushions 28 and 29, respectively, these being anchored to the frame of the seat in any suitable manner, while in Figures 2 and 3 the back frame l9 has connected to the cross braces thereof a canvas section 30, being a'substitute for the cushion 29, and the-seat frame devoid of the cushion 28 whence an occupant can be seated directly upon the top I0 of the stand A, bench or the like.

When the seat is not in use, the back frame can be readily folded with relation to the seat frame and the bar 23 and arms 24 folded inwardly of said seat frame bringing the seat into a compact folded condition for the storage of the same and the carrying thereof by a person.

What is claimed is:

A foldable seat for a bench or the like having a top :board presenting a forward free edge, comprising a substantially square shaped open seat frame formed with opposite parallel sides, front, and rear members, respectively, upstanding short post-like pivot bars joined with the sides of the seat frame next to the rear member of said frame, a swinging back in the form of a substantially U-shaped frame having upper and lower cross pieces arranged between said pivot bars, pivots fitting said bars and opposite sides of said foldable back, the said rear member of the seat frame being formed with an upstanding portion for engagement'of the foldable back when'swung upwardly at substantially right angles to the seat frame and having the lowermost end-of said back in abutting relation to the upstanding portion, inwardly directed flanges formed on the sides and front "members of the seat frame, the flanges on thesides of said seat thereof, and a substantially L-shaped hooking bar joined with and between said arm for'engaging the top board at its front free 'edge when the seat frameis superimposed upon said board. 1

GLENN FISHER. 

